Current memberships may indicate policy relevance. They do not prove why a lobbying contact was made, and may not match membership at the time of older returns.
Intent: To secure support for greater regulations on e-cigarette flavours.::To secure additional amendments to the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026.::To strengthen the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026.
Details: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026
Intent: Key priorities to be identified and addressed in Budget 2027
Details: Construction specific funding model for AHBs. A cost recovery for CAS/CLSS units. Addressing gearing for AHB's. CALF Funding. CREL Funding and cost rental viability. Funding of communal and community facilities. Addressing fuel poverty. A multidisciplinary approach to address family homelessness.Imp, ...
Intent: Increase awareness of the challenges facing older people living alone.Inform public representatives of ALONE's Pre-Budget recommendations.Promote policy measures to address loneliness and social isolation.Encourage support for actions that improve health, wellbeing and independence among older people.Strengthen awareness of ALONE's services and referral pathways within healthcare settings.Secure participation and support for the proposed Oireachtas Working Group on Loneliness.
Details: Health - Government policy, funding and service provision relating to older people, healthy ageing, community supports, loneliness and social isolation, healthcare access, ageing in place and Budget 2027 priorities.
Follow-up email correspondence and sharing of briefing materials where required. Individual in-person meetings with members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health. - EmailFollow-up email correspondence and sharing of briefing materials where required. Individual in-person meetings with members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health. - Meeting
Intent: To secure Government engagement in streamlining Garda Vetting for Jack and Jill healthcare professionals, including reducing processing times and exploring greater recognition of existing vetting across approved organisations. The intended result is a robust, efficient system that maintains safeguarding standards while enabling qualified nurses and carers to provide vital care to children and families more quickly.
Details: Jack and Jill contacted Government Ministers and representatives to highlight delays and duplication within the Garda Vetting process for healthcare professionals. We outlined how lengthy processing times and repeated vetting across different organisations can delay vital care for vulnerable childre, ...
Letters were sent to a cross section of Ministers, Local Representatives and Senators related to the areas of Justice, Children, Health and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health, as well as the Garda Commissioner and the Assistant Garda Commissioner - Letter
Intent: The proposals presented in FCIs Pre-Budget Submission adopted in Budget 2027
Details: Invitation to attend Carers’ Priorities for Budget 2027 Town Halls events taking place from Aug 31 to September 14 in 19 locations across the country.
Deputy Brian Stanley, Deputy Carol Nolan, Deputy Catherine Callaghan, Deputy John McGuinness, Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan, Senator Patricia Stephenson, Cllr Maria Dollard - Meetingvarious TDs, Ministers and Senators as per list below - Emailvarious TDs, Ministers and Senators as per list below - Email
Intent: Called on the Government to withdraw the Bill before Seanad Éireann and urged Senators and all members of the Oireachtas to oppose it due to concerns over its ISDS clauses and the trade agreements it would facilitate. Also called for rejection of trade agreements containing ISDS provisions and for Ireland to use its influence to promote more progressive EU trade policy.